If you have sex, you should accept the possible consequences to your action

And I know the world is overpopulated but adoption is still out there. And abortion is more of a problem than over population.

lol Chewy I know. ^^

Originally Posted by Syntax

So you're saying that if a woman, or child, was forced into having unprotected sex and she became pregnant, she should be responsible for carrying the baby to term and have no say in it? Would you still hold the same opinion/belief if the pregnancy could be harmful to her? Say for instance the person raped was your sister, your friend and or even your gf/wife. Would you be able to tell her that she should have the child?

hmm actually from what i have read over population is more of a problem.
the world has little left that is still belonging to the world. most we humans took and destroyed.
there is a good point that agent smith makes in the matrix

he said humans are like viruses they move from area to area and destroy every thing along the way, sucking all of the resources and manipulating them for the worse.
thats we are doing.
even obama started globally funding abortions because too many countries are too overcrowded, because the girls in africa can't afford or maintain a healthy life. its not just in the us its everywhere.
in china you have to kill your first born baby. this world is on its way to overcrowding.
this world is already beginning to be "overpopulated"

hmm actually from what i have read over population is more of a problem.
the world has little left that is still belonging to the world. most we humans took and destroyed.
there is a good point that agent smith makes in the matrix

he said humans are like viruses they move from area to area and destroy every thing along the way, sucking all of the resources and manipulating them for the worse.
thats we are doing.
even obama started globally funding abortions because too many countries are too overcrowded, because the girls in africa can't afford or maintain a healthy life. its not just in the us its everywhere.in china you have to kill your first born baby. this world is on its way to overcrowding.
this world is already beginning to be "overpopulated"

That's not how the One Child Policy works. The way it works is that the Chinese government doesn't give any support money to parents after the first child (or twins/triplets, if that was the first birth).

But yeah, I agree, overpopulation is a very serious problem which most people don't realise. There's more humans on Earth than the planet has the resources to support, and it's only going to get worse.

abortions aren't going to have a significant impact on global population. according to malthus, our population is kept in check by disease, famine, and natural disasters. out of the sliver of pregnancies that end in abortion, the overwhelming majority of them are present in wealthy nations. if we really want to save our earth, we'll have to stray from our overly indulgent and wasteful lifestyles rather than debating on an issue as meager as this as a means of distraction.

that being said, i'm pro-abortion. if the situation calls for it, a woman should indeed have every right to choose. i'm in high school, and one of my best friends just had an abortion because she happens to be going out with an idiot, and an unhealthily horny idiot at that.

I have compiled three common arguments against abortion. Debate as necessary.

"Boethiah, when a man and a woman have sex, the baby is in the womb!"

The fetus inside the mother is exactly what the name says it is. It's a FETUS. It's just a collection of cells. Before a certain point, an Abortion should be legal. You won't be terminating a child, you will be terminating a bunch of cells. ( For example, if you're 8 1/2 months pregnant and decide for an abortion, tough toenails, it's already developed into a child)
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"Boethiah, what about potential?"

Pfft. What does that even mean? If I don't impregnate a woman right now, I am ruining the potential for a baby. The fetus cannot think for itself before a certain point. You won't be killing anything that's human yet.
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"Boethiah, it's against my religion!"